Children's Hearings (Scotland) Bill
The Committee is expected to be designated the lead committee for consideration of the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Bill.
Further information on the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Bill.
Further information on the call for written evidence (closing date for submissions is 26 March 2010).
Forthcoming evidence sessions
The Committee has made a commitment to take evidence on the following issues and these will be scheduled when the work programme allows:
- Joint Future Thinking Taskforce on Universities – follow up (evidence session with stakeholders, followed by evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning);
- School buildings (evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning);
- Teacher numbers/ employment of probationary teachers ((evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning).
Future structure of schools management in Scotland
The Committee has commissioned research from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre on models of school management in other UK jurisdictions and internationally and issued a call for evidence.
Further information on the Committee's call for evidence on the future structure of schools management in Scotland.
Local authority funding of education and children’s services
The Committee is undertaking a scoping exercise to consider the options for a possible future inquiry into this issue.
Further information on the Committee’s scoping exercise on local authority funding of education and children’s services.
Offender learning
The Committee will re-consider this issue when the Scottish Government publishes its response to the Offender Learning project.
Scottish Government class sizes policy
The Committee is taking evidence on the Scottish Government’s class size policy from selected local authorities, COSLA and ADES at its meeting on 3 March 2010 and the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning at its meeting on 10 March 2010.
Further information on the Committee’s evidence taking on the Scottish Government’s class sizes policy.
Scottish local newspaper industry
The Committee will take evidence on the decline of the Scottish local newspaper industry from the Minister for Enterprise, Economy and Tourism on 24 March 2010..
Further information on the Committee’s evidence on the Scottish local newspaper industry.
Widening access to higher education reporters’ inquiry
Claire Baker MSP and Aileen Campbell MSP have been appointed as reporters on widening access to higher education.
Due to ongoing reviews in this area by the Scottish Government and Scottish Funding Council, the Committee agreed that it would reconsider this issue following reporters meeting with representatives from these organisations and Universities Scotland. |
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